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EventThe Second General Election is held in the Union of SA
… The second general election was held in the Union of South Africa with the National Party (NP) participating for the first time. The main point at issue was…
EventFormer Chief of the South African Defence Force (SADF), General Jannie Geldenhuys is born in Kroonstad
… for his diplomatic and negotiating skills in South West Africa (Namibia) during negotiations towards an … “We were there”, a documentation of his time in…
EventGrammy Award winner Miriam Makeba is born in Johannesburg
… US, Makeba discovered that she couldn’t return to South Africa, since her passport had been cancelled. She lived in … in several African countries before…
EventSouth African History Online goes live
… later. Since then SAHO has popularised history in South Africa and become the largest independent history education … societal understanding and social…
EventFrene Noshir Ginwala, former speaker of the SA Parliament, is born
… history from the Oxford University. On her return to South Africa Ginwala completed her legal training. Ginwala got … serving as the speaker of the National…
PlaceKimberley, Northern Cape
… City of the Northern Cape and surrounded by five of South Africa's big rivers, two of them being the Orange and Vaal … 450mm. Kimberley is situated almost in…
Article1973 Durban Strikes Conference , 26-28 January 2023 - Celebrating 50 Years
… and the fight against poverty and inequality in South Africa Initiating a research and archival project, on trade unions and the working-class movement in…
PlaceDutch and British Coastal Fortifications at the Cape of Good Hope (1665 to 1829)
… (Hall, M. and Halkett, D. , et al. 1990). By mid-1676 all five bastions were standing and armed with cannon, from … oldest surviving example of European…
ArticleEOAN Group
… festivals, annual opera seasons and tours throughout South Africa and the United Kingdom . Presenting works such as … Soweto Blues: Jazz, Popular Music, and…
ArticleMatabele Wars 1836-1896
… and defending an Ndebele State (visit our 'People of South Africa feature to read more about this). Mzilikazi's War with … et al. (eds)(1970). Standard…
ArticleWorld War I
… were imperial powers with large colonial territories in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. The First World War was … Magazine, December 1918|Phillips, Howard…
ArticlePrehistory of the Bloemfontein area
… The origin of South Africa’s judicial capital goes back to the mid 19th century …
PlaceDarters Pass, Northern Cape
… the road still indicates the site of the ghost Town, but all that remain of it are the ruins of: the Church, the … the Police Station, and the Prison of…
PlaceLady Grey, Eastern Cape
… the middle of Lady Grey. (It is interesting to note that all the houses were built to face the Church.) The Reverend … the Town experienced an Economic…
PlaceMooi River, a Town of the Midlands Meander- Natal
… Midlands Meander self-drive Arts and Crafts Route, while all around are opportunities for outdoor recreation. Prior … assists the local communities by…
ArchiveSouth African trade unionism in an era of racial exclusion
… in the subject sociology at the University of South Africa. This thesis is an examination of the main tendencies in the trade union movement in South Africa…
ArchiveFrom the margins to the mainstream: the anti-apartheid movement and the politics of agenda-setting in the United States
… movement and United States policy relations with South Africa between 1960 and 1986. The research is based upon an … able to push adoption of economic…
PlaceSteve Biko Bridge, East London
… 1915-1983. Former Prime Minister of the Republic of South Africa, know now as the Steve Biko Bridge, formerly known as … the 20th anniversary of Steve Biko’s…
ArchiveChristian principles and race problems by Jan H. Hofmeyr
… clearly describes the political atmosphere in South Africa at the time and the author displays its growing effect … clearly describes the political…
ArchiveChristian principles and race problems
… clearly describes the political atmosphere in South Africa at the time and the author displays its growing effect … clearly describes the political…
EventProfessor John Fleming “Jack” Brok dies
… Colony (now known as Eastern Cape). He was one of South Africa’s most distinguished nutritional scientists and … was the founding member and early president…
EventThe first flight in Kimberley takes off
… attempts of this nature, the Aeronautical Society of South Africa was established in 1911. It was the start of the John Weston Aviation Company of South…
Gold and Workers 1886 - 1924 by Luli Callinicos
… Title and Dedication - A People's History of South Africa Contents Epigraph - Questions of a Worker Reading … Introduction Part 1 - The Coming of Gold…
PlaceBourke's Luck Potholes
… Hendrik Potgieter. The Sabie River is a River in South Africa and part of the Komati River System. The catchment … is one of the most biologically diverse…
PlaceKitson the Steam Train, Krugersdorp
… was, in 1983, the oldest running steam engine in South Africa. She was doing so for more than 105 years! Kitson is … firm of Kitson and Co, of Leeds, and was…
EventJoyce Barker, SA soprano, is born in Mooi River, Natal.
… a significant contribution to the growth of opera in South Africa. She won the Ernest Whitcutt Memorial Cup three years … After an absence of ten years, she…
EventCharles Nqakula , Minister of Safety and Security and Chairperson of the SACP, is born
… Minister of Safety and Security of the Republic of South Africa since 7 May 2002 and current Chairperson of the South … reported correctly. It is generally…
EventMaria Mary Burton, former national president of the Black Sash, is born
… 1940 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She moved to South Africa in 1961, and upon witnessing the injustices of … against discrimination and human rights abuses in…
EventWell-known political activist and academic, Dr. Neville Alexander is born
… extensive work on language policy and planning in South Africa. He is the recipient of the Lingua Pax Prize for his … the promotion of multilingualism in…
EventA national congress, under auspices of the Dutch Reformed Church, meets to discuss the ‘poor White problem’
… in Afrikaans, was a significant political issue in South Africa in the late 19th century and first part of the 20th … a report in 1932 called "The Poor White…